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Woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities say a woman has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the Minneapolis subur...

Mar 14, 2024

Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads stolen en route to Pittsburgh. Giveaway postponed

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jaromir Jagr is missing. Well, the bobbleheads of the former NHL star are anyway. The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Thursday that a shipment carrying bobbleheads of the franchise ico...

Mar 14, 2024

Survivors of Mediterranean rescue say about 50 people died on the trip from Libya, aid group reports

MILAN (AP) - Survivors aboard a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 50 people who departed Libya with them a week ago perished during the journey, ...

Mar 14, 2024

Denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a Japanese high court says

TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions. Th...

Mar 14, 2024

Death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after fight ruled a suicide, Oklahoma medical examiner says

OWASSO, Okla. (AP) - The death of a nonbinary student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom has been ruled a suicide, the state medical examiner's office said Wednesday. A summ...

Mar 13, 2024

Geert Wilders says he doesn't have support of likely coalition partners to become Dutch premier

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders said Wednesday he doesn't have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister. Wilders took ...

Mar 13, 2024

Texas man who used an iron long for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a la...

Mar 13, 2024

50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...

Mar 13, 2024

Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some of charges against Trump

ATLANTA (AP) - The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but others remain. Fulton County Superior Court Judg...

Mar 13, 2024

Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if threatened, Putin tells state media

President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty, or independence. Speaking in an interview with Russian state televisio...

Mar 12, 2024